[jvns]

I think managing calendar fragmentation is important! Added a "calendar management" section to the post to address this :)

here are the strategies I use to keep my calendar under control:

- try to cluster meetings together (have a 1.5 hour meeting block so I only get interrupted once)

- block off 4-hour chunks of “focus time” in my calendar. People are good at respecting that.

- add an “end of day” block on my calendar at 5:30pm EST every day. This means that people know not to schedule things with me after I’m done for the day. Sometimes it’s unavoidable because 5:30 EST is 2:30 in the home office, but people always ask if it’s okay to schedule something after my end of day.